Laudable Quotes

38 quotes by 34 authors

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a… — Sallust
Educators, long disturbed by schoolchildren's lagging scores in math and reading, are realizing there is a different and more alarming deficiency: emotional literacy. And while… — Daniel Goleman
The Good of the People was a laudable enough goal, but in denying a man's soul, an enduring part of his being, Marxism stripped away… — Tom Clancy
The internet brought many laudable things, but prosperity, stability, accountability and honest politics were not four of them. — Bruce Sterling
Dancing serves no necessary use, no profitable, laudable, or pious end at all. It is only from the inbred pravity, vanity, wantonness, incontinency, pride, profaneness,… — William Prynne
If for the sake of a crowded audience you do wish to hold a lecture, your ambition is no laudable one, and at least avoid… — Hippocrates
Sustainability is a seemingly laudable goal - it tells us we need to live within our means, whether economic, ecological, or political - but it's… — Jamais Cascio
To lend money without interest, is certainly an action laudable and extremely good; but it is obvious, that it is only a counsel of religion,… — Baron de Montesquieu
Stupidityâ€”The top of the list for Satanic Sins. The Cardinal Sin of Satanism. Itâ€™s too bad that stupidity isnâ€™t painful. Ignorance is one thing, but… — Anton Szandor LaVey
Though fraud in all other actions be odious, yet in matters of war it is laudable and glorious, and he who overcomes his enemies by… — Niccolo Machiavelli
The exaltation and happiness of any community, goes hand in hand with the knowledge possessed by the people, when applied to laudable ends; whereupon we… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Indeed, ask every man separately whether he thinks it laudable and worthy of a man of this age to hold a position from which he… — Leo Tolstoy
Whereas modern cynicism brought despair about the ability of the human species to realize laudable ideals, postmodern cynicism doesn't â€” not because it's optimistic, but… — Robert Wright
This is essentially a people's contest... whose leading object is to elevate the condition of men - to lift artificial weights from all shoulders -… — Abraham Lincoln
If experience be consulted, it will be found there is no action, however abominable, that has not received the applause of some people. Parricide -… — Baron d'Holbach
America is a unique place. The value part of American foreign policy is something I think is very laudable, but it is uniquely American. And… — Michael Oren
In fighting the debt crisis, E.U. countries have enhanced co-operation and carried out reform with tremendous courage. This is laudable. — Li Keqiang
Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide them, guide them — Charles Dickens

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